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I can't believe that we just had snow a few days ago when we are well into April! Well, that means that it's time for some soup and a bright, longing for spring, soup, an avgolemono soup! Avgolemono soup is a Greek style lemon chicken soup with rice that is thickened with eggs. The recipe could not be easier where you pretty much just cook the rice in a bunch of chicken broth before adding the chicken and lemon along with the egg thickener. The egg is added after tempering it first by slowly whisking some hot broth into the eggs and then whisking the mixture back into the soup. The eggs are added this way so that they do not 'cook', turn white and stringy, like an egg drop soup, when added to the broth. Given how simple this soup is, I like to use quality ingredients including a tasty homemade chicken broth or chicken stock but store bought also works. Here's hoping for some warmer spring weather and until it arrives I will be enjoying some of this avgolemono Greek style lemon chicken soup!

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So, do you think that the soup was better with the cooked chicken, veggies and orzo? It sounds great the way you made it, but kind of overwhelmingly sauce-y with fewer ingredients. What's your thought?

I really liked the avgolemono soup with all of the extra ingredients but I think that the version with fewer ingredients would also be tasty. Perhaps they each have their place. The lighter version as more of a side dish that is part of a larger meal. The heavier version might make for more of a lunch or a light meal.

This is something I will nearly always order in a Greek restaurant; I just love it. I made my own too a few years ago, and it turned out to be much easier to make than I'd imagined. One of my Greek friends tells me that the soup should only have stock, rice, and the egg-lemon mixture, but I put chicken in mine too.

This soup is probably my biggest kitchen disaster to date. I don't know if my eggs curdled or if it was just the soup itself, but it tasted like the bottom of a cat's foot. Or what I perceive to be the bottom of a cat's foot. Yours looks delicious.

I've been trying for several years now to mirror a favorite Greek restaurant's Avegolemono Soup. Yours looks pretty close to what I'm looking for--more a hearty chicken soup MEAL, rather than an appetizer. I think my continued failures have been the fact that I let the soup simmer once the lemons have been added. Also, in years past I have been hesitant to add the eggs. I finally have faith in my cooking abilities not to botch it up.

I have made avgolemono before, the simple way and it was great, but I didn't get the ratios quite right. I think yours is absolutely delicious. Thank you.This is my first visit to your blog, so I will be back to try more of your meals.

This was absolutely amazing! After some disappointing recipes at some restaurants, this was fantastic. Great quick, easy, delicious meal for the grad student on the go, I definitely think I'll be eating this all week. I added a little more chicken and orzo for heartiness. Thanks for posting!

You could also make the avgolemeno in a blender. Mix the eggs first and beat then add the lemon then add as much of the hot chicken broth.that will fit into the blender. Add the avgolemeno sauce to the rest of the soup and stir so it does not curdle. As far as freezing it does not freeze well.

This should actually be more white than yellow.. Our family recipe (from Karpathos) didn't have onion or dill or anything. Any when you stir the lemon/egg mixture back in, do as the Greeks do, and stir in an X pattern to keep from curdling.

Kevin to the rescue, yet again! I found out the hard way that were onions in the soup after a reaction, while still at the restaurant. Onion allergy makes eating difficult. I found a packaged mix "Cugino's Lemon Chicken and Rice Soup," without onions, that I have been using. I can adapt your recipe with onion powder, and make my own. I am so excited!!! Thanks, Kev...hugs

It has been very cold here lately (not as cold as Toronto:))but this soup is perfect for this weather. I love your additions from the traditional recipe. I have made this delicious soup with orzo and other times I've used Angel Hair. Always delicious, filling and healthy. Great photo too!

Did anyone else try to freeze the soup? Sounds like mixed results in the comments above. Is it the egg that causes the problem? Or the rice? I was thinking that I could wait to add the rice until I defrost and reheat?

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